Glass mosaic inlay fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green and opaque brick red. Flat, rectangular plaque, with two long straight side and rounded corners; irregular tooling indents on underside. Marbled mosaic pattern in blue green ground with multiple red streaks. Chipped edges; polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and some pitting on underside; iridescent weathering on most of edges but part of one long side ground flat. Translucent blue green and opaque brick red.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891